IEU-Monitoring: EU DIGITAL AGENDA - 25 Jan

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# DSM

  • EU Commission Vice-President Ansip to discuss EU digital priorities with citizens, startups and industry in Munich
  • Informal EU Competitiveness Council
  • Study: The Cost of Non-Europe in the Sharing Economy - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
  • Speech: Alex Chisholm on consumer engagement in a digital world – UK Competition and Markets Authority

# CYBERSECURITY

  • EU Commissioner Oettinger receives the final report of the European Cybersecurity Industrial Leaders
  • Speech by EU Commissioner Günther Oettinger at the 8th International Cybersecurity Forum

# DATA PROTECTION

  • Conference Computers, Privacy and Data Protection 2016: [In]visibilities and Infrastructures
  • European Data Protection Day
  • New study examines EU and U.S. privacy protections - CCIA
  • EAID: Cybersicherheit und Datenschutz in den USA – der Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA)
  • Bertelsmann Stiftung und EAID: Public Reporting im Gesundheitswesen: Datenmonopole darf es nicht geben

# INTERNET GOVERNANCE

  • Geneva Internet Platform: E-participation principles
  • Geneva Internet Platform: Future of Norms to Preserve and Enhance International Cyber Stability
  • Geneva Internet Platform: Lift Conference 2016

# COPYRIGHT

  • Report from Europeana's Fourth Licensing workshop

# GOOGLE

  • UK Parliament: Urgent Question on the settlement reached between HMRC and Google

# CREATIVE INDUSTRIES

  • Berlinale 2016 to highlight past, present and future of Creative Europe MEDIA
  • PHENICX - How technology brings us closer to classical music

# EBU

  • EBU meets top executives of Polish TV and radio
  • VRT LiveIP performs the world’s first full IP remote broadcast production using open standards

# EU REGISTERS

# EU COUNCIL

  • St 5116 2016 Init Directive 2013/55/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 November 2013 amending Directive 2005/36/EC on the recognition of professional qualifications and Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 on administrative cooperation through the Internal Market Information System ( ‘the IMI Regulation’ )
  • St 5474 2016 Init Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the accessibility of public sector bodies' websites.
  • St 5156 2016 Init Evaluation report on the seventh round of mutual evaluations "The practical implementation and operation of European policies on prevention and combating Cybercrime" - Report on Bulgaria
  • St 5362 2016 Init Threat Assessment about "Money Laundering, Syndicates and Professional Enablers"
  • St 13022 2015 Rev 1 SEVENTH ROUND OF MUTUAL EVALUATIONS "The practical implementation and operation of European policies on prevention and combating Cybercrime" - Report on Romania

# EU COMITOLOGY

  • Agenda of the CEF Telecom Committee Meeting of 4 February 2016
  • CEF Telecommunications Work Programme 2016 - For opinion


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